Commandant Louis Joseph Lahure has a singular distinction in military history — he defeated a navy on horseback.
Occupying Holland in January 1795, the French continental army learned that the mighty Dutch navy had been frozen into the ice around Texel Island. So Lahure and 128 men simply rode up to it and demanded surrender. No shots were fired.
H/T Futility Closet via DML
Thursday, 16 July 2009
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